Chicken-roost.



J. L. HERMAN.

CHICKEN BOOST.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 20, 1909.

938,234. Patented 001526,1909.

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APPLICATION FILED JAN.20,1909.

938,234. Patented oen. 26, 1909.

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JOHN LARRY HERMAN, OF MARB-IEMOUNT, WASHINGTON.

CHICKEN-BOOST.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented oet. 26, 1909.

Application led January 20, 1909. Serial N o. 473,392.

To all 'whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN LARRY HERMAN, a citizen ofthe VUnited States ofAmerica, and a resident ofthe town of Marblemount, county of Skagit, andState of Washington, have invented cert'ain new and useful Improvementsin Chicken-Boosts, of which the following is a speciication.

My invention aims primarily to provide a roost for chickens and the likewhich can be kept in a sanitary condition and which, by itsconstruction, will aid in the extermination of the vermin carried by thechickens.

With this mainzobject in view, my invention resides in the features ofconstruction, arrangements and combinations of parts, hereinafterdescribed and succinctly pointed out in my appended claims.

Referrin to the accompanying drawings in which li e numerals ofreference indicate like parts throughout the several views: Figure 1 isa view in perspective of my invention, parts bein broken away. yFig. 2is a longitudinal sectional view thereof, one of the roosts being brokenaway. Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is afragmentary cross sectional view, illustrating more particularly thearrangement of one of the roosts in its protecting pan. A

In carrying out my invention I provide a support 1 which is convenientlyof` open formation, comprising the spaced side and end rails 1','1respectively.

Reference] numerals 4 and 5 designate pansvadapted to receive adisinfectant or insecticide of liquid form, the pans 4 being supportedon the end rails 1 and the pans 5 on the side rails 1, as clearlyillustrated Reference numeral 6 indicates guides for supporting the pans4 and 5 for sliding on the su port 1, as will be readily understood,wherehy they can be readily the purpose of cleaning.

In the paris5 I removably arrange roosts 7," the same resting on thebottoms of said pans so as -to have their lower portion submerged andhaving their u per ortions suitably disposed above the si e Wal s of thepans., as shown.

Reference numeral 8 `indicates spacing members secured to the roosts 7,and adapted to en a e the side walls of the pans 5 to insure o t eroosts 7 being roperly positioned with their sides spacedpfrom theadremoved for jacent 'side walls of said pans 5. In furtherance of thisobject of obtaining sufficient spacing between the side walls of thepans 5 and the adjacent walls of the roosts A7, I chamfer the sides ofthe latter, as more clearly shown in Fig. 4.

The roosts 7 are formed in their upper surface portions with grooves 9adapted to receive insecticide, which may be of powderor paste form,through the medium of which the feathers of the roosting fowls will bepermeated by rising fumes.v The pans 4 are preferably not provided withroosts, containing only an insecticide as hereinbefore set forth.

The support 1 can be held in an elevated position in any desired manner.I prefer however to suspend the same, as by' wires or other suitableflexible means, as l0, the same being provided at their lower portionswith hooks 11 which are engaged with eyes 12 of the support l.

If desired, heat may be applied to the roosts, the means now employed byme for accomplishing this object, consisting of pipes 13 and 14 throughwhich water is circulated, as from a heater 1 5. Pipes 13 and 14l arereceived in grooves 16 formed in the lower portions ofthe roosts 7, soas to ermit of the latter being removed without disturbing said pipes,and are connected by a return bend 17, as lclearly shown in Fig. 1. Attheir inner end portions, the'pipes 13 and 14 are bent downwardly so asto normally lie beneath the adjacent pan 4.

My invention is of simple construction, can be manufactured at acomparatively small cost, and aside from being readily removed for thepurpose of cleaning either the roosts alone, or the pans 4 and 5, or thedevice as an entirety, the latter being laccomplished by disengaging thehooks 11 from the eyes 12, presents a neat appearance. i

The support 1 and roosts 7 are preferably formed of wood, they mayhowever, be of any desired material, and likewise such changes in thestructural details' can be made, as fall within the scope of my annexedclaims.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto `secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is :v

l. In lcombination with 'a support, and guides carried thereby, a liquidcontainer mounted on the support and removably-held thereonby saidguldes, anda roost removably-positioned in and supported by said liquidcontainer.V

2. In combination with a support, and guides carried thereby, a liquidcontainer mounted on the support and engaged at its ends by said guides,a roost mounted in said container and supported thereby and spacingmembers carried by the roost for positioning same Within the container.

3. In combination with a support, guide means thereon, a pan mounted onthe Support and slidably engaged With said guide means, a roostremovably arranged in said. pan, and having its side Walls chamferedfrom end to end to space them from the side Walls of the pan and memberssecured to the base of said roost for holding spaced from the Wallspofsaid pan.

the same l roost, heat conducting pipes extending" through said oovesand overlying the pans, said roosts belng removable without dist-urb`ing the heat conducting pipes, and a common source of heat supply forsaid pipes.

Signed at Marblemount, Vash. this 10th day of January 1909.

JOHN LARRY HERMAN.

Witnesses:

P. V. PUSSENT'IN, F. H. BRRY.

